Open AccessScale-up of antiretroviral treatment access among people living with HIV in Rivers State, Nigeria, 2019--2020
Author(s) -
Andrew T. Boyd,
Obinna Ogbanufe,
Chibuzor Onyenuobi,
Ifunanya Mgbakor,
Pamela Bachanas,
Olayemi Olupitan,
Clifford Umeh,
Adeoye Adegboye,
Golden Owhonda,
Solomon Odafe,
Ibrahim Jahun,
Patrick Dakum,
Charles Mensah,
Jerry Gwamna,
Dennis Onotu,
Emilio Dirlikov,
Michelle Williams-Sherlock,
Chukwuemeka Okolo,
Tarfa Verinumbe,
Stanley Idakwo,
Makshwar U Kumtap,
Tedd V. Ellerbrock,
Mahesh Swaminathan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
aids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.195
H-Index - 216
eISSN - 1473-5571
pISSN - 0269-9370
DOI - 10.1097/qad.0000000000002858
Subject(s) - scale (ratio) , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , antiretroviral treatment , environmental health , medicine , antiretroviral therapy , virology , geography , viral load , cartography
The aim of this study was to describe and evaluate the impact of the programme intervention of the Rivers State Antiretroviral Treatment (ART) Surge, a collaboration between the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the State Ministry of Health, to increase HIV case-finding and ART access in Rivers State, the state with the largest ART gap among people living with HIV (PWH) in Nigeria.